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pp. 232, Brossura, 978-88-15-25063-6
publication year 2015

VITTORIO CRISCUOLO

The Congress of Vienna

In November 1814 the powers that had defeated Napoleon convened a general congress in Vienna in order to re-organize the continent's political structure. The book initially defines the diplomatic preconditions of the Congress and the political and cultural context in which it was held. Then the author addresses the main political and diplomatic issues discussed at the Congress and offers a gallery of profiles of its major players. The Congress of Vienna represented, perhaps, European diplomacy's finest hour, in that it introduced stability to the European continent and achieved a new international order, guaranteed by a directorate of great powers, that would endure until the First World War.

Vittorio Criscuolo teaches Modern History and History of the Age of the Enlightenment at the University of Milan.

Prefazione
I. Le premesse
II. I protagonisti
III. L'organizzazione
IV. Il congresso danzante
V. La crisi
VI. Il ritorno dell'Aquila
VII. L'opera del congresso
VIII. Il nuovo ordine alla prova dei fatti
IX. Il concerto europeo
X. Il giudizio della storia
Carte
Nota bibliografica
Indice dei nomi

See also

copertina Storia della Francia nell'Ottocento
copertina L'assedio di Vienna
copertina Napoleone
copertina Uomini contro la storia